Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall has another No. 54 jersey to add to his collection.

As a thank you for helping the Nuggets recruit free-agent forward Paul Millsap last week, the team gave Marshall an honorary jersey, complete with his number and name on the back.

Marshall joined Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly and guard Gary Harris in an hours-long pitch to Millsap in Atlanta last week. A day later, Millsap agreed to a three-year, $90 million contract, giving the Nuggets a four-time all-star to pair with their young center Nikola Jokic.

Marshall told Denver7 that he was eager to help out another local sports franchise and bring back a player coveted in the NBA’s frenzied free agency. Millsap spent more than a decade in Denver as a youth, and played quarterback in middle school here, before his mother and his siblings moved to Louisiana.

Nicki Jhabvala is the lead Broncos and NFL beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving at The Post in 2014, she spent nearly two years as a senior staff editor at The New York Times and five years at Sports Illustrated.